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The latest new books in Geography: Cartographyen-usFri, 09 Dec 2016 06:00:00 GMT1440In Space We Read Timehttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo25156502.html
History is usually thought of as a tale of time, a string of events flowing in a particular chronological order. But as Karl Schl&ouml;gel shows in this groundbreaking book, the where of history is just as important as the when. Schl&ouml;gel relishes space the way a writer relishes a good story: on a quest for a type of history that takes full account of place, he explores everything from landscapes to cities, maps to railway timetables. Do you know the origin of the name “Everest”? What can the layout of towns tell us about the American Dream? In Space We Read Time reveals this and much, much more.
Here is both a model for thinking about history within physical space and a stimulating history of thought about space, as Schl&ouml;gel reads historical periods and events within the context of their geographical location. Discussions range from the history of geography in France to what a town directory from 1930s Berlin can say about professional trades that have since disappeared. He takes a special interest in maps, which can serve many purposes—one poignant example being the German Jewish community’s 1938 atlas of emigration, which showed the few remaining possibilities for escape. Other topics include Thomas Jefferson’s map of the United States; the British survey of India; and the multiple cartographers with Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference, where the aim was to redraw Europe’s boundaries on the basis of ethnicity. Moving deftly from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to 9/11 and from Vermeer’s paintings to the fall of the Berlin Wall, this intriguing book presents history from a completely new perspective.
&nbsp;<p>History is usually thought of as a tale of time, a string of events flowing in a particular chronological order. But as Karl Schl&ouml;gel shows in this groundbreaking book, the <em>where</em> of history is just as important as the <em>when</em>. Schl&ouml;gel relishes space the way a writer relishes a good story: on a quest for a type of history that takes full account of place, he explores everything from landscapes to cities, maps to railway timetables. Do you know the origin of the name &ldquo;Everest&rdquo;? What can the layout of towns tell us about the American Dream? <em>In Space We Read Time</em> reveals this and much, much more.<br />
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Here is both a model for thinking about history within physical space and a stimulating history of thought about space, as Schl&ouml;gel reads historical periods and events within the context of their geographical location. Discussions range from the history of geography in France to what a town directory from 1930s Berlin can say about professional trades that have since disappeared. He takes a special interest in maps, which can serve many purposes&mdash;one poignant example being the German Jewish community&rsquo;s 1938 atlas of emigration, which showed the few remaining possibilities for escape. Other topics include Thomas Jefferson&rsquo;s map of the United States; the British survey of India; and the multiple cartographers with Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference, where the aim was to redraw Europe&rsquo;s boundaries on the basis of ethnicity. Moving deftly from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to 9/11 and from Vermeer&rsquo;s paintings to the fall of the Berlin Wall, this intriguing book presents history from a completely new perspective.<br />
&nbsp;</p>Art: European ArtGeography: CartographyTue, 15 Nov 2016 06:00:00 GMTKarl Schlögel; Gerrit Jackson9781941792087Treasures from the Map Roomhttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo23457727.html
The Bodleian Library is home to one of the world’s largest and oldest collections of maps, with atlases, maps, and books on cartography dating back to the fourteenth century, including many that are among the most rare and historically significant.
Treasures from the Map Room publishes seventy-five extraordinary examples from this collection, housed in the Map Room at the newly renovated Weston Library. The maps reproduced in Treasures range from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Among them are the fourteenth-century Gough Map, the earliest road map of Great Britain that achieved a remarkable level of accuracy and detail for its time; fifteenth-century portolan charts intended for maritime navigation; the Selden Map of China, the earliest Chinese map to show shipping routes; and an important early map from the medieval Islamic Book of Curiosities. The book also includes a great many recent examples, including J. R. R. Tolkien’s map of Middle Earth and C. S. Lewis’s map of Narnia. Debbie Hall takes readers back in time to uncover the fascinating story of each treasure, from a map plotting outbreaks of cholera to a jigsaw map of India from the 1850s and silk escape maps carried by pilots flying missions over occupied Europe during World War II.
With lavish full-color photography and descriptions of each map’s provenance, purpose, and creation, Treasures from the Map Room is a beautiful and informative catalog of this remarkable collection.<p>The Bodleian Library is home to one of the world&rsquo;s largest and oldest collections of maps, with atlases, maps, and books on cartography dating back to the fourteenth century, including many that are among the most rare and historically significant.<br />
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<em>Treasures from the Map Room</em> publishes seventy-five extraordinary examples from this collection, housed in the Map Room at the newly renovated Weston Library. The maps reproduced in <em>Treasures </em>range from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Among them are the fourteenth-century Gough Map, the earliest road map of Great Britain that achieved a remarkable level of accuracy and detail for its time; fifteenth-century portolan charts intended for maritime navigation; the Selden Map of China, the earliest Chinese map to show shipping routes; and an important early map from the medieval Islamic <em>Book of Curiosities</em>. The book also includes a great many recent examples, including J. R. R. Tolkien&rsquo;s map of Middle Earth and C. S. Lewis&rsquo;s map of Narnia. Debbie Hall takes readers back in time to uncover the fascinating story of each treasure, from a map plotting outbreaks of cholera to a jigsaw map of India from the 1850s and silk escape maps carried by pilots flying missions over occupied Europe during World War II.<br />
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With lavish full-color photography and descriptions of each map&rsquo;s provenance, purpose, and creation, <em>Treasures from the Map Room</em> is a beautiful and informative catalog of this remarkable collection.</p>Geography: CartographyTue, 15 Nov 2016 06:00:00 GMTDebbie Hall9781851242504Medieval Islamic Mapshttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo17703325.html
Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval visions for the Muslim cartographic imagination. With Medieval Islamic Maps, historian Karen C. Pinto brings us the first in-depth exploration of medieval Islamic cartography from the mid-tenth to the nineteenth century.
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Pinto focuses on the distinct tradition of maps known collectively as the Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, or KMMS), examining them from three distinct angles—iconography, context, and patronage. She untangles the history of the KMMS maps, traces their inception and evolution, and analyzes them to reveal the identities of their creators, painters, and patrons, as well as the vivid realities of the social and physical world they depicted.&nbsp; In doing so, Pinto develops innovative techniques for approaching the visual record of Islamic history, explores how medieval Muslims perceived themselves and their world, and brings Middle Eastern maps into the forefront of the study of the history of cartography.&nbsp;<p>Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval visions for the Muslim cartographic imagination. With <em>Medieval Islamic Maps</em>, historian Karen C. Pinto brings us the first in-depth exploration of medieval Islamic cartography from the mid-tenth to the nineteenth century.<br />
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Pinto focuses on the distinct tradition of maps known collectively as the Book of Roads and Kingdoms (<em>Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik</em>, or KMMS), examining them from three distinct angles&mdash;iconography, context, and patronage. She untangles the history of the KMMS maps, traces their inception and evolution, and analyzes them to reveal the identities of their creators, painters, and patrons, as well as the vivid realities of the social and physical world they depicted.&nbsp; In doing so, Pinto develops innovative techniques for approaching the visual record of Islamic history, explores how medieval Muslims perceived themselves and their world, and brings Middle Eastern maps into the forefront of the study of the history of cartography.&nbsp;</p>Art: Middle Eastern, African, and Asian ArtGeography: CartographyHistory: Middle Eastern HistoryMedieval StudiesReligion: IslamTue, 01 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMTKaren C. Pinto9780226126968